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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10068

2 February 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade

01/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson once again rejected the idea so dear to the heart of French President Nicolas Sarkozy of a carbon tax at the border on imports from countries with less stringent standards in tackling climate change. Apart from the difficulty of implementing this tax and its compatibility with the WTO rules, Mandelson feels it would be counter-productive. “It's the Europeans who would...

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